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GLORIA
GALANTE HARPIST
Phone: 610-436-2653 |
ggalante@wcupa.edu | Education
B.S., West Chester University; M. M., Vander Cook College of Music, CMP
certified Music Practitioner - www.MHTP.org
To see Gloria Galante is to be galvanized by the infinite magic of possibility. Indeed, this petite dynamo is a chameleon harpist She
plucks, strums, jizzles and practically dances on those strings to
create almost any kind of music her audience desires- classical,
jazz, Latin, African, and pop. Galante has performed with Jose Feliciano, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Jr., and Luther Vandross, just
to name a few. She has toured internationally as a solo artist,
chamber musician, and member of jazz and Afro- Cuban
ensembles, currently with Odean Pope Tenor Sax and Gloria Galante Harp-Duo as well as Kusangala with Bassist Tyrone Brown, Percussionist
Duke Wilson, Drummer Jim Miller, and vocalist Rosella Clemmons Washington .
Gloria has released 30 recordings and produced 2 therapeutic harp CDs
raising funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer foundation
research for the cure.
She is a certified music practitioner CMP from the Music for Healing and Transition program and a mentor for this program. Currently,
Gloria is working on a CMP medical research project.
In addition to performing, Gloria Galante is a composer of works and transcriptions
for harp, and is equally dedicated as an educator.
Galante is the professor and creator of the harp program at West
Chester University (WCU), Director of the WCU Harp Ensemble, a
Musicopia (formerly Strings for Schools) ensemble leader, and on the
prestigious roster of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Finally,
Galante has been a member of the American Harp Society and Folk Harp
Society since 1986, contributing many articles to their journal.
Visit her professional web site at
www.gmgstudios.com
GALANTE, GLORIA articles written by GGalante/Folk Harp Journal
"Fred Vandenberg and the New World Ensemble" (with harpist Gloria Galante)
1997, Spring, No. 95, Page: 56
Gloria Galante: making her harp sing around the world
1991, Fall, No. 74, Page: 63
Harp Hands in Japan
1986, Winter, No. 55, Page: 51
Galante, Gloria
The Gift of Harp...Creative Cookie
1986, June, No. 53, Page: 19
The Golden Dream - Aoyama Harps
1986, June, No. 53, Page: 27
Harp Hands in Japan
1986, Winter, No. 55, Page: 51
The Harp in the Schools Performance Program
1988, Spring, No. 60, Page: 47
In Mi Viejo San Juan
1987, Fall, No. 58, Page: 37
Maria Rosa Vidal
1991, Spring, No. 72, Page: 39
Maria Rosa Vidal - Consul of Harpists in Puerto Rico
1985, September, No. 50, Page: 44
Martha Clancy
1987, Summer, No. 57, Page: 55
My Worst or Most Unusual Gig
1990, Fall, No. 70, Page: 76
The Name That Inspired Jazz Harping- Alice Coltrane
1994, Spring, No. 83, Page: 19
The Shepherd Harp Healer: Sarajane Williams
1996, Spring, No. 91, Page: 43
Una Vida en Contrapunto - A Life in Counterpoint 1988, Summer, No. 61, Page: 16
Gloria Galante
Professional Harpist
Teaching Artist of the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts
CMP certified music practitioner
www.gmgstudios.com
ggharp@comcast.net
215-342-9397
NAS Psalm 144:9 I will sing a new song to Thee, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to Thee.
Professor Gloria Galante has studied with the
Philadelphia Orchestra’s premiere harpist, Edna Phillips,
winning the matinee musical award at age 18. Ms. Galante has
performed with the Symphony of Puerto Rico, Jose Feliciano,
Diana Ross and the Supremes 2000 tour, Luther Vandross, Tyrone
Brown, Odean Pope, Cecil Bridgewater, Luther Vandross, Sun Ra
Arkestra and the Frank Sinatra, Jr. Orchestra. She has
concertized extensively as a soloist, and chamber music in
Japan, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico, and in the United States
Gloria Galante had the high honor of performing for several
Presidents of the United States. She is an active performer in
both classical and jazz idioms. She was the opening artist for
the 1995 Lyon and Healy Jazz Festival in Arizona.
Gloria performed in several film scores. Her discography
includes 20 recordings. Among the latest is the compact disc
with Tyrone Brown called Brown and Galante. The Gloria Galante
trio with Odean Pope was aired on “Crossovers” radio program
on WRTI FM. Gloria produced 2 cds- Music for the Soul and Music
for the Soulstice Millennium featuring 21 harpists (pioneers who
use the harp in a therapeutic setting) heralding a new era as
well as raising money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Research.
Galante is the (1995-1997) past president of the American Harp
society-Philadelphia Chapter and the past editor of the American
String Teacher Association. Ms. Galante is a composer of works
and transcriptions for the harp. She developed the West Chester
harp program including the WCU harp trio, ensemble and annual
harp festival (15 to 10 harps).
“The harp is to music what music is to life” C. Salzedo
New Recording ***Tenor Sax and Harp with Odean Pope, available
at the www.gmgstudio.com
CD Store or call 215-342-9397
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